Chelsea Manning and Sean Spicer have been named fellows at Harvard

Chelsea Manning poses in a photo of herself for the
first time since she was released from prisonThomson Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army
soldier who served seven years in prison for leaking classified
data, and former White House spokesman Sean Spicer have been
named visiting fellows at Harvard University, the school said
Wednesday.

"Broadening the range and depth of opportunity for students to
hear from and engage with experts, leaders and policy-shapers is
a cornerstone of the Institute of Politics," said Bill Delhunt,
acting director of the institute at the Harvard Kennedy School.
"We welcome the breadth of thought-provoking viewpoints on race,
gender, politics and the media."

The two are part of a group of a dozen political leaders and
journalists who will serve as visiting fellows at the school for
the 2017-2018 academic year.

Manning, 29, was released in May from a US military prison in
Kansas where she had been serving time for passing secrets to the
WikiLeaks website in the biggest breach of classified data in the
history of the United States.

Spicer served as President Donald Trump's first press secretary,
bursting onto the public stage in January with a scolding rant
against reporters, accusing them of lowballing the size of the
Inauguration Day crowd. He was frequently parodied on "Saturday
Night Live."

A former functionary for the Republican National Committee,
Spicer left the White House this summer, amid a shuffling of
staff that included the brief tenure of former hedge fund
executive Anthony Scaramucci as communications director.